Shift key on the macbook pro 15 inch retina is unresponsive

I bought the macbook pro 15 inch retina just over a week ago and i'm definitely regretting it because the shift key is really unresponsive; what does this mean? I also want to know how to extend the track time on garage band. Anyone know how to? It's really bugging me because I need to type effencianly for a £2000 pound laptop it should be perfect to be honest.
I have the 2.5 ghz, 16 gb of ram and 512 gb flash storage.
The battery only runs out just browsing the web and it heats up very fast by only watching youtube...

MEMORY
Built-in Memory    8 or 16 GB PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3L on-board memory
Maximum Memory    16 GB
Memory Slots    None
Interleaving Support    Yes
DISPLAY
Built-in Display    15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology at 220 pixels per inch
Resolutions    2880 by 1800 pixels (Retina); scaled resolutions: 1920 by 1200, 1680 by 1050, 1280 by 800, and 1024 by 640 pixels
GRAPHICS
Graphics Card    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M and Intel HD Graphics 4000
Graphics Memory    1 GB GDDR5 (GeForce GT) 512 MB DDR3 (HD Graphics) shared with main memory
Display Connection    1 - HDMI port or Thunderbolt digital video output (Supports an HDMI-compatible device while using one Thunderbolt display or support for two Thunderbolt displays)
Display Modes    Dual display extended, video mirroring, and AirPlay Mirroring
External Resolution    Up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays
Camera    720p FaceTime HD camera
Use this to access all the resolutions
http://www.madrau.com/indexSRX4.html

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